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About Idris Elba
English actor, DJ, rapper, and producer, born 1972
Sir Idrissa Akuna Elba is an English actor, DJ, rapper, and producer. He has 75 quotes on the site. Born in 1972, he has built a career across film, television, and music, and has received a Golden Globe Award, with nominations for three BAFTA Awards and eight Primetime Emmy Awards. Elba was included in Time's 100 list of the world's most influential people in 2016. His films have taken in more than US$9.8 billion at the global box office, placing him among the highest-grossing actors. In 2025, he was named the UK's ninth-most influential Black person in the 2026 Powerlist.
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- “I'm rebelling against being handed a career, like, 'You're the next this; you're the next that.' I'm not the…”Idris Elba
- “In some countries, no one knows who Idris Elba is.”Idris Elba
- “I don't have a place that I call home at the moment because there's no point. I mean, I'm a traveling circus…”Idris Elba
- “I've always been DJing; it's just I'm making more of a push for it, making it more public.”Idris Elba
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